The Patriot-News, Harrisburg... Racial diversity of its news staff and community

Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists

at America's daily newspapers

with the communities that they serve

Newsroom diversity report for

The Patriot-News, Harrisburg

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Owner: Advance (Newhouse) (N.Y.)

From a report for the Knight Foundation

by Bill Dedman and Stephen K. Doig, June 2005

Click here to read the national report or to select another newspaper

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

2005

8.9

2004

8.0

2003

5.9

2002

6.5

2001

7.9

2000

8.4

1999

8.5

1998

10.3

1997

10.4

1996

10.4

1995

10.3

1994

10.2

1993

7.8

1992

6.8

1991

Did not report

1990

Did not report

The latest year at peak is

1997

See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.

Newsroom Diversity Index

for The Patriot-News, Harrisburg

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

8.9

13.2

2004

8.0

13.2

How the index is calculated

The Newsroom Diversity Index is the non-white percentage of the newsroom staff

divided by the non-white percentage of residents in the circulation area.

(Parity = 100.)

Company index

This newspaper's owner, Advance (Newhouse) (N.Y.),

has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 63.

See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.

Peer group comparison

for The Patriot-News, Harrisburg

This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 68.

This paper

Peer group

Compare that with 64, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers

reporting in this circulation category of 100,001 to 250,000 daily sales.

In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 25 out of 58

newspapers reporting in the category of 100,001 to 250,000 daily sales.

An example of a newspaper of similar circulation, in an area of similar level of non-white residents, but one that has a relatively high Diversity Index, is The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio, with a 20.8 percent non-white staff in a community that is 11.8 percent non-white. Its index is 177.

FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of

approximately 100,129 ranks 102 out of 1,410 daily newspapers in the US.

See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.

Details on race/ethnicity

in the circulation area

and the home county

of The Patriot-News, Harrisburg

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

2.6

16,144

Black

7.7

47,498

Asian and Pacific Islander

1.6

9,628

Native-American

0.1

734

Other non-white

0.1

616

Multi-racial

1.0

6,412

Non-white

13.2

81,032

White

86.8

534,549

Total

615,581

Home county: Dauphin

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

4.1

10,404

Black

16.6

41,709

Asian and Pacific Islander

2.0

4,967

Native-American

0.1

357

Other non-white

0.1

350

Multi-racial

1.5

3,664

Non-white

24.4

61,451

White

75.6

190,347

Total

251,798

The home county of this newspaper is Dauphin.

About this report

This third annual report for the Knight Foundation adds context to an annual survey by the American Society of Newspaper Editors. ASNE has set a goal that

every newspaper, to help it know its community and gather the news, should employ at least one non-white journalist, and that newspapers should strive to

employ non-whites in proportion to their share of the community. ASNE's report, at www.asne.org, shows each newspaper's non-white employment, but does

not disclose how closely that employment mirrors the newspaper's circulation area.

That gap is filled by the report you are reading now. This report was not done by ASNE, but was done for the Knight Foundation by Bill Dedman and

Stephen K. Doig. It shows how close each newspaper is to ASNE's goal, by comparing the newsroom staffing with the circulation area population.

The full report is at www.powerreporting.com/knight.

Notes and definitions

1. The Newsroom Diversity Index is the non-white percentage of the newsroom staff divided by the non-white percentage of the circulation area's residents. Parity = 100.

2. Source for staffing: Survey by American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 2005. Newspapers report non-white staff as of the end of the previous year.

3. Following ASNE's definition, newsroom staff includes only supervisors, reporters, editors, copy/layout editors and photographers.

4. Also following ASNE's definition, "whites," "blacks," etc., exclude Hispanics, who are counted in a separate category.

5. Source for boundaries of this newspaper's circulation area: ZIP Code circulation data, Audit Bureau of Circulations, latest available.

6. A paper may define its circulation area differently for marketing efforts, or news coverage, or to set advertising rates.

7. If ZIP Codes or counties are used, this report applies a threshold: 10 percent household penetration is required to include an area in the circulation area.

8. Source for the demographics of residents of that circulation area: US Census 2000.

9. Source for total circulation: Editor & Publisher magazine, Monday-Friday average at year-end 2004.

10. Staff of non-English publications, such as the Miami Herald's El Nuevo Herald, are excluded from the ASNE staffing survey for the first time this year.

Demographics of ZIP Codes

where sales were reported by

The Patriot-News, Harrisburg

Note that some ZIP Codes listed here may not have been included in determining the newspaper's circulation area. In calculating the Diversity Index, a

ZIP Code was included only if the household penetration was at least 10 percent. Any lower-penetration ZIP Codes are also listed here for your information.

Also, if the newspaper reported more than 300 ZIP Codes, only the top 300 in weekday sales are listed here.

ZIP / City / State / Approx. distance in miles from the newspaper's home office

Weekday sales

Households

Penetration % (daily sales per 100 households)

Median household income

Non-white
% of
population

Hispanic
% of
population

Black
% of
population

Native
% of
population

Asian
% of
population

17011 / Shiremanstown / PA / 7.4 mi.

7,166

13,482

53.2

$50,346

12.1

2.6

5.9

0.1

2.7

17055 / Winding Hill / PA / 11.1 mi.

5,871

22,560

26.0

$53,648

5.5

1.1

0.8

0.1

2.6

17112 / West Hanover / PA / 2.7 mi.

5,634

11,766

47.9

$55,439

7.3

1.3

3.4

0.1

1.8

17111 / Wilhelm / PA / 2.2 mi.

4,820

10,834

44.5

$47,666

20.8

3.6

13.3

0.1

2.4

17013 / West Hill / PA / 20.4 mi.

4,581

20,441

22.4

$43,862

7.3

1.4

3.4

0.1

1.3

17109 / Progress / PA / 1.3 mi.

4,323

10,311

41.9

$39,755

25.3

3.1

17.2

0.1

3.0

17110 / Windsor Farms / PA / 3.7 mi.

4,233

9,060

46.7

$44,908

42.8

3.8

34.9

0.2

1.9

17057 / Shope Gardens / PA / 6.8 mi.

3,457

8,676

39.8

$40,283

8.9

2.3

4.3

0.2

0.9

17036 / Waltonville / PA / 5 mi.

3,298

7,267

45.4

$56,063

6.3

1.6

1.7

0.1

1.9

17104 / Harrisburg / PA / 3.7 mi.

2,927

7,717

37.9

$26,464

73.1

18.4

46.9

0.3

4.7

17070 / Westfield Terrace / PA / 5.8 mi.

2,836

6,302

45.0

$47,093

4.9

1.6

1.1

0.1

1.1

17025 / West Fairview / PA / 7.8 mi.

2,633

5,738

45.9

$44,876

4.4

1.2

0.8

0.1

1.1

17033 / Union Deposit / PA / 7.7 mi.

2,592

6,352

40.8

$45,816

9.0

1.5

1.9

0.0

4.1

17101 / Harrisburg / PA / 4.5 mi.

2,462

1,457

169.0

$20,315

37.1

4.5

27.5

0.3

2.2

17078 / Upper Lawn / PA / 10.5 mi.

2,335

7,519

31.1

$48,009

3.5

1.1

0.6

0.1

1.0

17042 / Rocherty / PA / 18.6 mi.

2,313

13,429

17.2

$41,887

8.0

4.5

1.5

0.1

1.3

17102 / West End / PA / 4.6 mi.

2,196

4,124

53.2

$25,151

56.5

6.0

45.4

0.3

1.7

17019 / Siddonsburg / PA / 16.9 mi.

2,147

5,793

37.1

$50,321

2.3

0.7

0.3

0.1

0.6

17113 / Steelton / PA / 4.4 mi.

1,732

4,432

39.1

$34,925

35.0

6.9

24.9

0.2

0.6

17103 / Penbrook / PA / 3.4 mi.

1,505

4,656

32.3

$29,551

71.6

7.8

58.9

0.3

1.2

17319 / Yocumtown / PA / 9.3 mi.

1,284

3,629

35.4

$52,232

3.5

1.2

0.8

0.1

0.7

17020 / Wheatfield / PA / 13.5 mi.

1,266

3,346

37.8

$41,963

1.8

0.8

0.2

0.1

0.2

17043 / Wormleysburg / PA / 5.9 mi.

1,258

2,769

45.4

$38,958

5.1

1.1

0.9

0.1

1.7

17046 / Lebanon / PA / 18.5 mi.

1,092

11,066

9.9

$32,734

17.1

13.5

1.7

0.2

1.0

17032 / Waynesville / PA / 12.1 mi.

1,033

2,910

35.5

$45,276

1.9

0.8

0.2

0.0

0.3

17061 / Upper Paxton / PA / 17.4 mi.

1,018

2,772

36.7

$38,247

1.7

0.6

0.4

0.1

0.3

17003 / West Annville / PA / 13.9 mi.

921

3,578

25.7

$45,672

3.6

1.3

0.6

0.0

0.9

17074 / Wila / PA / 20.2 mi.

896

2,776

32.3

$40,137

2.0

0.8

0.2

0.1

0.2

17022 / West Donegal / PA / 13.9 mi.

872

9,919

8.8

$47,525

3.5

1.1

0.6

0.1

1.0

17339 / Silver Lake / PA / 11.3 mi.

827

2,130

38.8

$57,049

2.6

0.8

0.5

0.1

0.6

17257 / Tusculam / PA / 40.6 mi.

781

7,910

9.9

$37,212

4.6

0.9

2.0

0.1

0.7

17053 / Marysville / PA / 9.3 mi.

743

1,931

38.5

$46,250

1.8

0.4

0.2

0.0

0.3

17201 / Turkeyfoot / PA / 48.5 mi.

655

19,174

3.4

$40,898

9.1

3.2

3.8

0.2

0.8

17018 / Water Gap / PA / 8 mi.

649

1,581

41.1

$53,397

1.9

0.5

0.2

0.5

17034 / Highspire / PA / 5.9 mi.

567

1,291

43.9

$32,248

15.6

5.1

8.1

0.1

0.9

17007 / South Middleton / PA / 18.4 mi.

529

1,927

27.5

$60,765

2.3

0.6

0.1

0.7

17068 / Perry Village / PA / 20.6 mi.

491

1,467

33.5

$43,293

1.7

0.6

0.3

0.1

0.2

17403 / York / PA / 22.8 mi.

482

16,620

2.9

$34,831

27.7

9.5

15.0

0.2

1.3

17241 / West Pennsboro / PA / 29.8 mi.

480

4,232

11.3

$41,401

2.0

0.6

0.4

0.2

17023 / Elizabethville / PA / 16.2 mi.

472

1,225

38.5

$39,219

2.6

1.0

0.5

0.1

0.5

17325 / Hunterstown / PA / 36.6 mi.

435

9,398

4.6

$39,409

9.1

4.1

2.7

0.3

1.0

17090 / Shermansdale / PA / 18.7 mi.

423

1,981

21.4

$44,542

1.4

0.6

0.2

0.1

17067 / Reistville / PA / 24.3 mi.

418

4,574

9.1

$40,724

2.5

1.1

0.6

0.1

0.4

17048 / Specktown / PA / 18 mi.

415

1,744

23.8

$35,156

1.9

0.5

0.3

0.1

0.4

17028 / Shellsville / PA / 6.8 mi.

412

1,393

29.6

$46,761

6.1

3.2

0.9

0.2

0.6

17038 / McGillstown / PA / 17.1 mi.

362

2,457

14.7

$42,653

3.0

1.0

0.8

0.2

0.5

17062 / Seven Stars / PA / 23.7 mi.

337

1,420

23.7

$42,656

2.0

0.8

0.6

0.1

17065 / Upper Mill / PA / 22.5 mi.

305

1,514

20.1

$45,076

2.7

0.7

0.8

0.1

0.5

17047 / SW Madison / PA / 31.7 mi.

284

832

34.1

$37,621

4.2

1.5

1.9

0.1

0.0

17370 / York Haven / PA / 11.6 mi.

283

1,868

15.1

$46,795

3.5

1.6

0.4

0.1

0.3

17044 / Vira / PA / 42.6 mi.

254

9,243

2.7

$30,374

2.3

0.7

0.6

0.1

0.4

17040 / Lebo / PA / 26.3 mi.

214

871

24.6

$41,324

2.1

0.8

0.4

0.1

0.2

17045 / Oriental / PA / 20.1 mi.

213

1,195

17.8

$39,310

1.5

0.4

0.3

0.0

0.3

17098 / Williamstown / PA / 19.9 mi.

212

1,065

19.9

$36,304

1.6

0.6

0.2

0.1

17331 / York Road / PA / 33.9 mi.

196

17,330

1.1

$43,999

3.3

1.4

0.5

0.2

0.7

17372 / York Springs / PA / 24.3 mi.

196

1,347

14.6

$45,675

7.8

6.0

0.3

0.0

0.7

17024 / Mansville / PA / 23.3 mi.

182

660

27.6

$42,222

1.6

0.7

0.2

0.1

0.2

17059 / Zooks Dam / PA / 33.8 mi.

165

2,678

6.2

$34,990

2.4

1.6

0.2

0.1

0.3

17980 / Tower City / PA / 22.8 mi.

152

1,368

11.1

$33,971

1.3

0.7

0.2

0.0

17701 / Williamsport / PA / 62 mi.

142

18,791

0.8

$29,925

12.4

0.9

9.0

0.3

0.7

17901 / Wadesville / PA / 38.4 mi.

135

10,196

1.3

$33,962

7.1

2.0

3.9

0.1

0.5

17026 / Fredericksburg / PA / 20.5 mi.

131

1,050

12.5

$44,621

2.5

1.6

0.5

0.1

17010 / Campbelltown / PA / 10.9 mi.

128

100

128.0

$50,859

4.2

1.9

1.1

0.0

0.4

17006 / Blain / PA / 35.1 mi.

109

426

25.6

$34,063

1.6

0.2

0.9

0.1

0.0

17365 / Wellsville / PA / 17 mi.

108

1,045

10.3

$40,852

1.8

0.5

0.3

0.2

0.4

17064 / Mount Gretna Heights / PA / 16.7 mi.

104

285

36.5

$50,000

3.5

0.8

0.3

0.0

1.0

17093 / Summerdale / PA / 6.4 mi.

100

184

54.3

$43,125

2.5

0.9

0.0

0.2

17821 / West Hemlock / PA / 44.2 mi.

7,276

1.3

$38,539

3.7

0.9

0.0

1.3

17870 / Verdilla / PA / 33.8 mi.

5,500

1.7

$37,911

4.8

1.8

1.6

0.1

0.8

17316 / East Berlin / PA / 24.5 mi.

2,555

3.5

$50,234

2.6

1.4

0.3

0.2

17963 / Suedburg / PA / 26 mi.

3,519

2.4

$39,420

1.1

0.3

0.1

0.0

0.3

17872 / West Cameron / PA / 33.7 mi.

4,490

1.9

$22,708

1.5

0.6

0.1

0.3

18201 / Pardeesville / PA / 58.7 mi.

15,416

0.5

$29,994

5.4

3.7

0.5

0.1

0.6

17037 / Ickesburg / PA / 28.5 mi.

390

20.8

$37,614

2.6

0.4

1.0

0.6

0.3

17222 / Fayetteville / PA / 44.4 mi.

3,403

2.4

$41,385

5.1

1.3

2.1

0.2

0.4

17240 / Newburg / PA / 41.3 mi.

1,047

7.6

$42,738

1.8

0.5

0.4

0.0

17324 / Uriah / PA / 26.7 mi.

1,564

5.1

$45,240

4.2

2.8

0.5

0.1

0.4

17016 / Cornwall Center / PA / 19.3 mi.

114

64.9

$53,125

0.9

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.5

16801 / State College / PA / 60.3 mi.

15,890

0.5

$26,948

14.4

2.3

2.8

0.1

8.0

17027 / Messiah College / PA / 13.6 mi.

88.2

$38,375

3.2

2.1

0.0

0.5

17088 / Schaefferstown / PA / 24.7 mi.

354

18.4

$48,036

0.4

0.2

0.0

0.1

17097 / Wiconisco / PA / 18.5 mi.

366

16.9

$34,375

1.2

0.1

0.0

0.3

0.4

17087 / Richland / PA / 26.7 mi.

946

5.9

$41,925

1.9

0.8

0.2

0.0

0.2

17083 / Quentin / PA / 17.9 mi.

122.2

$51,563

2.5

0.0

17545 / Sporting Hill / PA / 20.9 mi.

7,209

0.7

$46,481

3.1

1.0

0.5

0.1

0.8

17801 / Upper Augusta / PA / 36.4 mi.

7,136

0.7

$31,526

4.0

2.0

0.8

0.1

0.3

17837 / West Acres / PA / 42.9 mi.

5,536

1.0

$41,280

11.7

3.1

5.8

0.1

1.7

17072 / New Kingstown / PA / 9.3 mi.

162.5

$45,500

17.9

13.1

0.0

4.8

0.0

17017 / Dalmatia / PA / 22.9 mi.

637

7.8

$39,350

0.7

0.3

0.0

17094 / Thompsontown / PA / 27.5 mi.

918

5.4

$34,762

1.2

0.3

0.1

0.2

17745 / Swissdale / PA / 62.4 mi.

7,125

0.7

$28,382

2.9

0.7

0.8

0.1

0.6

17049 / Swales / PA / 32.8 mi.

1,178

3.9

$31,214

1.5

0.6

0.4

0.0

0.1

17082 / Turbett / PA / 32.6 mi.

1,156

3.9

$36,645

3.5

1.9

0.7

0.3

0.1

17954 / Minersville / PA / 36.5 mi.

2,096

2.1

$28,864

1.9

0.6

0.4

0.0

0.2

17502 / Stack Town / PA / 13.4 mi.

891

4.7

$47,724

1.7

1.1

0.0

0.2

17815 / Shumans / PA / 48.8 mi.

10,359

0.4

$35,291

4.0

1.1

1.2

0.1

0.8

17009 / Burnham / PA / 43.5 mi.

852

4.5

$34,329

1.0

0.3

0.0

0.2

17081 / Wolfs X Rds / PA / 24.8 mi.

62.7

$25,536

1.3

0.0

16652 / Huntingdon / PA / 61 mi.

5,742

0.6

$35,118

14.5

2.0

11.2

0.1

0.4

17005 / Berrysburg / PA / 19.7 mi.

144

25.0

$33,281

1.1

0.3

0.6

0.3

0.0

17058 / Nook / PA / 34.4 mi.

685

5.3

$32,122

10.2

7.9

0.1

0.5

1.1

17976 / Yatesville / PA / 44.4 mi.

3,553

1.0

$23,486

3.1

2.1

0.3

0.1

0.3

17268 / Weltys / PA / 51.3 mi.

10,297

0.3

$38,947

3.7

1.0

1.3

0.1

0.6

17266 / Walnut Bottom / PA / 37.9 mi.

220

14.5

$44,500

1.9

0.9

0.4

0.0

0.7

17320 / Greenstone / PA / 45.1 mi.

2,592

1.2

$50,071

3.3

0.9

0.4

0.3

0.4

17350 / New Oxford / PA / 30.1 mi.

4,290

0.7

$42,443

5.7

4.1

0.5

0.1

0.5

17830 / Urban / PA / 25.3 mi.

813

3.8

$38,405

1.5

0.4

0.1

0.2

17315 / York / PA / 18.9 mi.

8,797

0.3

$45,877

3.2

1.0

0.9

0.2

0.4

17983 / Valley View / PA / 25.6 mi.

646

4.5

$38,485

1.2

0.8

0.0

0.3

17077 / Ono / PA / 14.7 mi.

40.0

$52,250

2.0

0.0

16823 / Wingate / PA / 61.1 mi.

8,434

0.3

$39,072

7.2

1.2

4.9

0.1

0.4

17080 / Pillow / PA / 22.1 mi.

131

19.8

$39,464

0.3

0.0

17981 / Zerbe / PA / 29.8 mi.

1,063

2.4

$31,803

0.9

0.1

0.3

0.0

0.2

17756 / Seagers / PA / 58.2 mi.

4,338

0.6

$36,199

5.7

0.9

3.8

0.2

0.3

17847 / Milton / PA / 46.2 mi.

4,726

0.5

$33,883

4.5

1.5

1.6

0.1

0.2

17931 / Frackville / PA / 41.6 mi.

2,455

1.0

$31,165

24.3

3.9

19.3

0.1

0.8

17244 / Orrstown / PA / 44.2 mi.

959

2.3

$40,810

1.4

0.3

0.4

0.0

0.2

17404 / York / PA / 21.2 mi.

23,044

0.1

$40,418

16.5

6.5

7.2

0.2

1.1

17851 / Strong / PA / 37.3 mi.

3,759

0.6

$22,981

1.6

0.7

0.1

0.2

16602 / Altoona / PA / 78.9 mi.

12,848

0.2

$30,539

3.1

0.6

1.4

0.1

0.4

17307 / Table Rock / PA / 33.7 mi.

2,055

1.0

$42,598

12.1

10.2

0.8

0.1

0.2

17754 / Upper Fairfld / PA / 62.1 mi.

4,806

0.4

$42,374

1.7

0.5

0.3

0.1

0.4

17063 / Siglerville / PA / 47 mi.

1,357

1.4

$34,044

1.8

0.8

0.1

0.0

0.5

17069 / New Buffalo / PA / 13.2 mi.

26.3

$31,250

4.9

0.0

2.4

0.0

0.8

17086 / West Perry / PA / 30.4 mi.

855

1.8

$36,953

1.0

0.3

0.0

16830 / Clearfield / PA / 92.8 mi.

6,081

0.2

$28,950

1.7

0.4

0.6

0.1

0.3

17340 / White Hall / PA / 38.2 mi.

3,589

0.4

$41,907

2.7

1.0

0.5

0.1

0.4

17051 / Ryde / PA / 48 mi.

1,734

0.7

$33,958

0.7

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.1

17970 / Saint Clair / PA / 40.3 mi.

1,620

0.8

$27,867

1.6

0.7

0.6

0.1

17073 / Stricklerstwn / PA / 28.7 mi.

1,590

0.8

$44,792

2.2

0.9

0.6

0.0

0.2

17076 / Oakland Mills / PA / 32.3 mi.

30.0

$25,972

0.8

0.0

0.8

17084 / Shraders / PA / 46.5 mi.

1,489

0.8

$37,821

1.3

0.2

0.3

0.1

0.4

17066 / Silver Ford / PA / 53.6 mi.

2,384

0.5

$26,324

7.8

1.0

5.4

0.0

0.2

17004 / Union Mills / PA / 49.3 mi.

1,573

0.6

$32,007

1.3

0.3

0.6

0.0

0.1

17099 / Yeagertwn / PA / 44.1 mi.

463

1.7

$32,109

1.8

0.7

0.4

0.0

0.3

17306 / Bendersville / PA / 30.1 mi.

202

3.0

$39,688

16.0

12.7

2.3

0.2

17252 / Saint Thomas / PA / 55.4 mi.

1,331

0.3

$34,592

2.1

0.6

0.8

0.1

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